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Woman almost cut in half on fairground ride was given 0% chance of survival

Chloe Austin was airlifted to the major trauma centre in Preston, Lancashire, after she was thrown from a fairground ride and caught underneath its mechanism in August 2021

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Dog cruelty on the rise since Covid pandemic as RSPCA gets 10 calls of abuse per hour

In 2021, the RSPCA received 92,244 reports of dog cruelty – a 16% rise in one year. Victims include French Bulldog Bruce, who was found burnt in a bush near a park in Preston, Lancs

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Young dad threatened by loan shark and sent troubling messages before taking own life

Cain Dutton from Preston was rushed to the Royal Preston Hospital after he was found unconscious on March 15 where he was resuscitated, but he went into cardiac arrest the next day and was sadly pronounced dead

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Person dies after being hit by a train near Wigan

Emergency services were scrambled to the scene

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Parents' joy as baby weighing less than a can of baked beans survives against odds

Weighing just 14oz, less than a tin of baked beans, Oliver was the lightest baby born at Royal Preston Hospital to live. Doctors said the chances of him being born alive were as small as he was

Daily Mirror

Holly Bradshaw crashes to earth from her Olympic high at World Championships

A year after the highest high of winning bronze in Tokyo, the Preston-born star suffered every pole vaulter’s nightmare on the first day of the World Athletics Championships

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Newlyweds devastated as wedding dog dies after being left in 'unbearably' hot van for two hours

Ffion James and Ben Hill from Preston, made their beloved pug Luna the guest of honour and had arranged for her to stay at kennels before joining them on their honeymoon

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Bride devastated as wedding dog dies after being left in hot van for two hours

Ffion James and Ben Hill from Preston, made their beloved pug Luna the guest of honour and had arranged for her to stay at kennels before joining them on their honeymoon

Daily Mirror

Freddie Flintoff: from Ashes hero to cricket’s class warrior

Sometimes vulnerable, other times ebullient, now Preston’s most celebrated son has a mission on home turf

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the black-hearted enigma that is Ghislaine Maxwell

A grimly compelling documentary about the convicted former socialite. Plus: Freddie Flintoff tries to convince Preston teenagers to play cricket. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Lancashire firefighters urge students to stop burning textbooks

Book burning has become a tradition for students finishing exams and it has prompted fires in Preston

The Guardian - UK

People call for Burscough Curves to be reinstated

The curves were removed in the 1960s

Liverpool Echo

Weary resignation among passengers as rail strikes begin

Little sign of predicted chaos, and some people supportive of strikers while others critical

The Guardian - UK

Pub landlady filmed singing about drugs while cellar is used as spice factory for prisoners

Lorraine Jackson, 51, allowed her pub in Preston, Lancashire, to be used as a factory sending spice to prisoners after being filmed dancing on a beer keg singing about double dipping drugs

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Chronicle Live

Tory councillor suspended over 'gutter politics' attack on ex-deputy mayor battling illness

Preston ward councillor Liam Bones has been suspended from North Tyneside Council's Conservative group after claims made about former Labour leader Jim Allan

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Drugs smuggled into HMP Northumberland disguised as solicitors' letters sold for up to £900 per sheet

Preston landlady Lorraine Jackson allowed her pub to be used as a base for an illicit drug operation linked to the prison

Glasgow Live

Glasgow TransPennine cancellations and delays amid staff shortages with 13 services affected

A total of 13 TransPennine services have been delayed or cancelled today (May 27) amid staff shortages which has seen many trains leaving and entering Glasgow Central become affected.

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester's railways in chaos after 'incident' in Lancashire blocks 'all lines'

Problems are hitting Wigan and Bolton in our area

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Tories launch investigation into 'evil' tweet about young girls smelling 'creamy'

TORIES in Preston have launched an investigation into a tweet that said 16-year-old girls have a “buttery, creamy, slightly sweet smell that is…

The Guardian - UK

Tweet on Tory candidate’s account says teenage girls smell ‘buttery and creamy’

‘What did I just read?’ responds one women’s rights activist to comment on Twitter of Preston Conservatives’ Jonty Campbell

Liverpool Echo

Inferno tears through former Odeon cinema as thick black smoke billows

The blaze is the third fire in Preston in the space of a week

Manchester Evening News

Huge clouds of smoke can be seen for miles after blaze breaks out at former cinema and nightclub in Preston

Dramatic videos from the scene show thick clouds of black smoke over Preston city centre for the third time in a week

Daily Mirror

'I weigh 35 stone and I'm terrified I'll die waiting for weight loss surgery'

38-year-old Laura Davies from Preston is too big to fit in her own bathtub and after missing out on weight loss surgery once she's now terrified she'll die waiting for it

Daily Mirror

Urgent appeal launched to find 14-year-old boy missing for eight days

Nasim Sweeting, from Preston, was last spotted at 2.40pm on 3 May in Ashton-on-Ribble - police are extremely concerned about him

Daily Mirror

Young couple found dead days apart as heartbroken man 'couldn't live without' girlfriend

Gardener Craig Daffern, 35, had told friends he 'couldn't live without' his girlfriend Jenny Shanley after she was found dead, an inquest at Preston Coroner's Court heard

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